# Commission Directive 2006/26/EC of 2 March 2006 amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directives 74/151/EEC, 77/311/EEC, 78/933/EEC and 89/173/EEC relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Text with EEA relevance), Article 5: Transitional provisions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. With effect from 1 January 2007, with respect to vehicles which comply with the requirements laid down respectively in Directives 74/151/EEC, 78/933/EEC, 77/311/EEC and 89/173/EEC as amended by this Directive, Member States shall not, on grounds relating to the subject-matter of the Directive concerned:
(a) refuse to grant EC type-approval or to grant national type-approval;
(b) prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such a vehicle.
2. With effect from 1 July 2007, with respect to vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down respectively in Directives 74/151/EEC, 78/933/EEC, 77/311/EEC and 89/173/EEC as amended by this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of the Directive concerned, Member States:
(a) shall no longer grant EC type-approval;
(b) may refuse to grant national type-approval.
3. With effect from 1 July 2009, with respect to vehicles which do not comply with the requirements laid down respectively in Directives 74/151/EEC, 78/933/EEC, 77/311/EEC and 89/173/EEC as amended by this Directive, and on grounds relating to the subject-matter of the Directive concerned, Member States:
(a) shall consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2003/37/EC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7(1);
(b) may refuse the registration, sale or entry into service of those new vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/26/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-26/article-5
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